GIS Contracts in the Thames Valley

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 134 142
Rank change year-on-year +41 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing GIS 9 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.41% 0.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.88% 3.23% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £429 £368 £353
25th Percentile - £375 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £364
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +9.89% -32.90%
75th Percentile £559 £450 £494
90th Percentile £636 - £528
South East median daily rate £550 £413 £481
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% -14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +170.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £67.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +170.00% +33.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 232 341 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.35% 12.70% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 195 300
10th Percentile £325 £316 £331
25th Percentile £412 £403 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 13
10th Percentile £22.97 £19.59 £22.90
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.61 £26.08
Median hourly rate £32.05 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.68% +7.27% +266.67%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.60 £75.75
90th Percentile £65.62 £65.50 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £58.91 £57.50
% change year-on-year -45.59% +2.44% +46.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for GIS in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +28 8 £550 +37.50% 16
Buckinghamshire - 1 £725 - 13
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) ArcGIS
1 1 (11.11%) Smallworld
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) Spatial Data
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Consultant
1 5 (55.56%) Solutions Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) GIS Architect
3 1 (11.11%) GIS Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 6 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Replication
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Cartography
1 2 (22.22%) System Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) BPMN
2 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) Kanban
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (11.11%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Perl
1 5 (55.56%) PL/SQL
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Magik
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (11.11%) ESRI
2 1 (11.11%) Sparx